Poojan Kumar

Active Investor

Chief Product Innovation Officer at Commvault

San Jose, California

Poojan Kumar, Chief Product Innovation Officer at Commvault is an active investor based in San Jose, California. This profile covers what Poojan Kumar backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Poojan Kumar serves as Advisor at DevRev. Mr. Poojan Kumar co-founded and served as Chairman of the Board at Clumio. Previously, Mr. Kumar co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at PernixData. He holds a Master's in Computer Science from Stanford University and a Bachelor's in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology. He brings over 20 years of experience in cloud computing and storage and is known for seeing an opportunity for change, innovating, and capitalizing on it. He founded and built PernixData which was acquired by Nutanix in 2016, he then served as Vice President of Engineering and Products. Earlier in his career, he was Head of Data Products at VMware and founder at Oracle Exadata.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Invests in: Healthcare & BiotechSaaS & EnterpriseConsumer & RetailCybersecurityEdTechLegalTech
Location: San Jose, California
Typical check: $500K
Past investments: 3

Notable investments

DevRevClumio (acquired by Commvault)Rubrik

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